73 N5CDK

Thank you to whomever is keeping Jerry's videos up on YT! Such great content and miss that smiling face!

Thanks! Just started with DSTAR spent so much mental energy trying to understand this , thanks for breaking it down!

My condolences to Jerry's family, RIP

RIP KING!!!! Watching Josh HRCC. Thank You.

So every time you want to talk on D star you need to do these steps?

Many thanks for this presentation! I’m headed to Southern California in the fall and want to try SOTA while I’m there. Now I know what I’ll need. Great stuff.

Now I see what I missed out on by not getting the 5100. I still have the 880H. Still works, though. I just don't use it much anymore since I got the Yaesu Ftm400xdr in 2019.

wow...i watch him like often to recap. he has passed?

Hey there! Greeting from the UK! great video. What head are you using? and what cable adapter for KX2? Tried the Amazon link but it is broken. Thanks for sharing.

I just watched this. I am curious how this turned out. Just one of these peaks is a full day trip. LOL

Hi Nice Video. In the Routing-Mode you don't have to Unlink something, it's Routing not Linking.

RIP Jerry! You'll be dearly missed by the community. With all that shared knowledge you'll live on with every SOTA activation

i cant believe Jerry is now a SK... his videos and spirit was uplifting... very sad

Thinking about buying a 5100, thanks for the video

I went to your website and it immediately infected me with maleware with a fake pop up saying I had 5 viruses per McAfee. This is a malicious pop up that I had to buy software to remove.

I keep hearing a "currently busy" message when I try to Link to Any Reflector. The system has been working in the past. Solution ? Thanks !

For anyone following the tutorial: The page number given in the 22nd Edition of The Antenna Book is not valid for the 21st Edition. For the 21st Edition, it's page 15-3. Both chapters 14 and 15 have info about these types of antennas.

Miss you dude!

My deepest condolences to your family Jerry, I finally got my ticket in March 2023 five years later. I'm also studying for my general, 73 to you in heaven and your family. Praying for your family and your videos is the reason why I want to work QRP, SOTA, POTA, CW. KQ4HCU

good video. i figured out from the antenna book about the transmission line. using the same wire you can use 1/4 lambda, 3/4 lamda, 5/4 lambda etc. it totally cancels the impedance of the dipole at those intervals. so using the same wire for 20m antenna, if your ears of the dipole are 5m, your transmission line using the same speaker wire to be matched can be 5m, 15m, 25m, 35m etc just adding a half lambda (10m) over and over. 5m is kinda short for getting to my radio so i'm building mine with 15m transmission line. (total distance from radio to end of one of the ears is 20m). you cannot use transmission line of half lambda, 1 lambda, 3/2 lambda etc as that will actually double the impedance.

Hope your going good Jerry, finally got my ticket I don't have a radio rig yet. But it was totally worth getting it I'm finally in the system and I'm studying for my general finally. Thanks for inspiring me to get mine so I can go for QRP sota and pota. KQ4HCU 73

That was truly amazing to see someone so determined to hike all the way up to enjoy the sun and the experience of talking with folks right across the country.

I am an otr truck driver...I use aprs so my family and friends can keep track of my position out on the road...if something was to happen...it gives the people that care about you a place to start looking...

Very helpful! Thank you for the excellent video.

I really miss you my friend. I'll see in Heaven some day.

Could this be done without the headset and just the stock mic on a yaesu ft 891?

Great and helpful video. I am a newbie. So when would I want to link to a reflector vs link to a gateway? Seems like you accompished the same thing both ways, but when would I want to use one over the other? Thanks!

This must have been after the fire. It's grown back nicely and more green up there. I believe Spitler is the next bump I think you referred to as the false summit...

R.I.P. Jerry - We love your spirit and your spirit rides inside of us!!!

Jerry became a sk this year rip jerry kg6mn

good morning Jerry you no here now but you are the new Angel I never forget my friend have a good dx whit the celestial universe

I really would like to build a Santana! But, I am totally blind, and the way you showed us. The pictures really doesn’t help me at assuming that everybody is cited and you can see your pictures. Could you make me do a better job next time I’m describing it the speaker wire antenna. I would appreciate that. Don’t assume that we can see your your videos please!

KI5YTY Texas

You are not actually linking the repeaters in this video. You are doing gateway and callsign routing. Linking requires the call sign of the other repeater, the module, then L in the 8th spot. That would actually link the repeater modules to each other.

Sadly, Jerry became a SK on 25 SEP 2022. Rest easy, Jerry.

RIP Jerry.

congratulations fantastic job Jerry 73 from kb2uew

why did you choose unscenic fire road at the first trail junction?!!! You missed the best views one mile up the regular trail!!!' kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIqTh2ttoLWDi9k In addition you missed the 360 degree view point just below the summit on the south side up atop the Jumble Rock area.........

Rest in peace, Jerry. Sorry to hear of your passing. 73

RIP, Prayers for your family and friends.

Austin KQ4DKY from Georgia. Great video.

FINALLY! Someone has made an actual instruction on D-Star that explains how to communicate. Just purchased a 5100A and about gave up on getting any instruction that made sense. Still plenty to learn, but things actually make sense after watching this. Thanks Jerry!

What mount is that? Great video. I just got one and had been using a 7100 which is a little different thanks!

Jerry, thank you for the QSOs. You were and will continue to be an inspiration to me and countless others. I always admired your discipline and positivity. Also, thank you for also introducing members of your family to us (via youtube - they have no idea who I am 🙂). I'll pray for everyone. 73 KG6HQD SK DE ME

RIP Jerry. Thank you for being an amazing human in every way possible. It was an honor calling you my friend, brother. KG6HQD is now a Silent Key. 💔

Great video, 73 from XE1MCE.

This is the best d-star "how-to" video I've seen! Thanks so much for making this. I'm just getting to know D-star and my ID-5100.

I'm struggling with SWR and would be grateful for any advice on how to adjust. I have it supported by a mast in the center in an inverted vee configuration. Angle of left/ right is between 90-110 degrees. Collapsible mast; so, I've tried it at approx 18' high and also approx 22' high. Ends are 17.25' long and feedline is approx. 32.5' long (I suspect this is where the issue is). I've tried rolling up the ends of the legs to shorten them. I'm measuring with a NanoVNA (with an adapter for SMA to BNC). Using a BNC connector for the speaker wire. 22 AWG speaker wire. So far I've tried full length legs (17.25'). I've shortened to 16.5', 16.75', even all the way down to 12'. I keep getting SWR readings around 3:1 or higher. There are two lower readings (around 13.7Mhz and another lower reading at around 17.3 Mhz) and they are persistent. If I lengthen or shorten the legs, I can get those low dips to move just a bit, but not enough to affect the 20M band. I.e., I cannot get the lower SWR readings to move to where they'd be useful for me on 20M regardless of whether I lengthen or shorten the legs (rolling/ unrolling at the ends). So, I went to The Antenna Book to read up more on this antenna and transmission lines. I see the formula in section 23.1.2 for calculating the velocity of propagation. For 1/2 wavelength, 491.8/frequency x VF (velocity factor of the wire). In section 19.1.1 the book indicates that 22 AWG wire has a VF of .7 for a frequency of 13.67 (close enough for 14Mhz), so that's what I used. Based on this formula and the description of this antenna in Chapter 19--where it indicates that the transmission line needs to be a factor of 1/2 the wavelength, I noticed that my "feedline" isn't the proper length at 32.5' long. So, I tried coiling up the end of the feedline at my antenna analyzer and that seemed to lower the overall SWR a bit, but still not below 2:1 anywhere on the scale, and not at 14-14.350 Mhz range where I need it. The only thing I haven't tried is lengthening my feedline, since that would require splicing in additional line or starting over with longer line overall. Any advice? I'm assuming I'm getting very different readings than you have, as you've used this in the field a lot.

Can u check for SWR with a coax with adapter SWR meter??